> For a complete documentation index, fetch https://docs.voximplant.ai/llms.txt

# Choosing a phone number for SMS

If you want to send and receive SMS in Voximplant, make sure that the chosen region and phone category support SMS functionality when purchasing a phone number. **Note that virtual numbers do not support SMS**.

To check if the number is suitable, go to the [numbers](https://manage.voximplant.com/numbers/my_numbers) section in your control panel, click [buy a new phone number](https://manage.voximplant.com/numbers/buy_number), and select a number. If the selected number does not support SMS, the following note appears:

![No sms support](https://files.buildwithfern.com/voximplant.docs.buildwithfern.com/ee9cc6ec8261ab121366c01b2126b6d25bd55e52570fcaed3346f75ca48d3edc/docs/assets/guides/features/sms/guides-sms-phonenumber-nosmssupport.png)

If you do not see this message, the number supports SMS functionality:

![Buy a number](https://files.buildwithfern.com/voximplant.docs.buildwithfern.com/99e26c4c26e6bc4237810d8a8869729d36e8b408d92e940c777fd88cdb93f948/docs/assets/guides/features/sms/guides-sms-phonenumber-buyanumber.png)

## HTTP API request

You can check which numbers support SMS via the [GetPhoneNumbers](https://voximplant.com/docs/references/httpapi/phonenumbers#getphonenumbers) HTTP request with **country\_code** and **phone\_category\_name**. If the **is\_sms\_supported** property equals to **true** in the returned object, the phone numbers in this region support SMS.

```curl title="HTTP request — Request"
curl "https://api.voximplant.com/platform_api/GetPhoneNumberRegions/?api_key=API_KEY&account_id=1&country_code=GB&phone_category_name=MOBILE`"
```

```json title="HTTP request — Response"
{
  "result": [{
    "is_need_regulation_address": false,
    "country_code": "GB",
    "phone_region_id": 27085,
    "is_sms_supported": true,
    "phone_count": 408,
    "phone_installation_price": 0.0,
    "phone_region_name": "7",
    "phone_period": "0-1-0 0:0:0",
    "phone_category_name": "MOBILE",
    "phone_price": 1.2,
    "multiple_numbers_price": [],
    "phone_region_code": "7"
  }],
  "count": 1
}
```